![]() An utterly entrancing blend of metaphysical speculation and bravura storytelling, HIS DARK MATERIALS is a monumental and enduring achievement. ![]() he epic story Pullman tells is not only a spellbinding adventure featuring armoured polar bears, magical devices, witches and daemons, it is also an audacious and profound re-imagining of Milton s Paradise Lost. The books in the series include Northern Lights (or The Golden Compass in America) - 1995, The Subtle Knife - 1997, and The Amber Spyglass - 2000. The door opened, and the light changed in the room: one of the incomers was carrying a lamp, which he put down on the sideboard. As Lyra learns the truth about her parents and her prophesied destiny, the two young people are caught up in a war against celestial powers that ranges across many worlds and leads to a thrilling conclusion in The Amber Spyglass. His Dark Materials is a series of fantasy adventure books which can also be called an epic. In The Subtle Knife she is joined on her journey by Will, a boy who possesses a knife that can cut windows between worlds. Lyra s search for a kidnapped friend uncovers a sinister plot involving stolen children and turns into a quest to understand a mysterious phenomenon called Dust. ![]() "Northern Lights introduces Lyra, an orphan, who lives in a parallel universe in which science, theology and magic are entwined. ![]() Print His Dark Materials: Gift Edition including all three novels: Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass ![]()
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